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Ramoaram NOVELS.—Separate Stara. By Violet Pearn. (John Murray. 6s.)—There is

some force in the character-drawing. Joan, her artist ambition and what comes of it, will hardly be forgotten by the reader.—The Young Idea. By Frank A. Swinnertan. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—A series of very life- like pictures of people in whom we cannot feel mach interest.— The Trail of the Axe. By Ridgwell Cullum. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—A story of the Far West and the lumber business told with all Mr. Cullum's accustomed vigour.—Captain Perrercourt's Widow. By M. F. Hutchinson. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—The secret is ingeniously contrived and well kept. The motive, how- ever, is scarcely adequate.—Sentenced to Death. By Robert Machray. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—A capital story of love and adventure.